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Grading

Student
progress will be made known to you on a weekly basis through homework
packets. Your son's/daughter's
graded work will be sent home weekly for your viewing. Please return the portion of the packet
that signifies you have seen your child's work.

Student progress will be assessed and
reported through the use of standards-based report cards. With standards-based report cards, the
focus is on what students know and can do. Through standards-based reporting, you will see what needs
to be learned and how your child is progressing toward those learning targets
or standards.

Standards-based report cards show how well a student is doing in relation to
the grade level standards. In other words, standards-based report
cards are based on actual skills and the concepts a student has mastered or is
in the process of mastering.

Your
child’s progress will be reported utilizing a 1-4 scale on the standards-based
report cards:

1Below, making
limited progress toward end of year
grade level standards.

2Approaching end of year grade level standards.

3Meeting end of year grade level standards.

4Exceeding end of year grade level standards.

Grades
will be based on evidence of student learning which could include tests,
quizzes, class work, projects, teacher observation, writing samples, etc. Your child will be evaluated based on
his or her progress toward “end of year”
standards. In addition to the
number scale (1-4), you may see an “X”.
An “X” simply means that the standard has not been introduced in class
yet.

The grades on the
new report card are not an average and cannot be compared to traditional letter
grades (ie. a “4” is not an “A”).